Ubuntu Cola
Soft drink
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Ubuntu Cola was a soft drink certified by The Fairtrade Foundation. Made with Fairtrade sugar from Malawi and Zambia, Ubuntu Cola was the first UK cola to be Fairtrade certified.[2] It was available for sale in the United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Luxembourg and online.[3][4]
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| Type | Soft drink |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Ubuntu Trading Company Ltd |
| Distributor | Ubuntu Trading Company Ltd |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Introduced | 2007[1] |
| Discontinued | 2019[1] |
| Related products | Coca-Cola, Virgin Cola |
It was available in 330 ml cans, 500 ml PET plastic bottles, and 275 ml glass bottles.[4]
It was produced from 2007 to 2019.[1]
Name
The cola is named after the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which means humanity or fellow feeling; kindness,[5] There is no connection between the cola and the Ubuntu open-source operating system (also named after the philosophy). Moreover, Ubuntu Cola is not an open-source cola.
Fairtrade
Ubuntu Cola's sugar was sourced from Fairtrade worker cooperatives in Kasinthula, Malawi and Kaleya, Zambia. Farmers who are members of the Fairtrade cooperative at Kasinthula received an income of $4 a day, which was six times the national average income.[6]
